Sep.29 (GMM) Esteban Ocon has joined the controversy about Liberty Media’s push to boost Method 1 with extra sprints, shorter grands prix and even reverse grids.
The Haas driver, 29, mentioned he believes the game is already near saturation level.
“I believe we stay in a shopper society the place we more and more need extra present. We would like extra races,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, he argues that whereas extra motion could also be commercially useful, there’s additionally a draw back. “Once I was younger, I actually regarded ahead to the subsequent race as a result of it may take fairly some time,” mentioned the Frenchman.
“It was an actual spotlight of my week. Now we race nearly each week, and that features a dash.”
Ocon mentioned extra races could enhance viewing figures, however they don’t profit the drivers both. “I don’t have an issue with racing extra, per se, however I want to construct up some anticipation in the direction of the grand prix, as a result of that’s while you actually take pleasure in it,” he defined.
As for proposals like reverse grids, the Frenchman was blunt. “It might make Method 1 too synthetic,” he mentioned.
“It has to stay a pure type of racing – the quickest workforce has to win, and the strongest workforce has to win. A reverse grid – sure, that’s extra showy, however it could be too synthetic.”
